Blue Fire 火 Tyzula

XV. Cell

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The Last Man - The Fountain OST

Fifteen days had passed since Azula and Ty Lee last saw each other.

After their emotionally intense visit, The Princess had finally opened up a place in her mind to try and forgive Ty Lee.

But it hadn't been as easy as she thought.

The pain sometimes left only to later resurface and fill her with uncomfortable and negative emotions towards the brunette all over again.

Dealing with past traumatic situations would definitely be a hard challenge for Azula to face on.

Three knocks were given on Princess cell room door, announcing someone was coming in.

''You've got a visitor.'' The guard said from behind the door.

A visitor? It's only been fifteen days since Ty Lee came. Azula thought.

''Hello Azula.'' Zuko said seriously as he slowly entered the room where she was locked up.

Azula's heart turned inside her chest.

The Princess hadn't seen her brother in three months, not since their Agni Kai.

She knew of course, that their relationship had been extremely exhausted by now.

They both knew it. And so they tried their hardest to not get into any other sort of confrontation.

Azula took a momment before replying.

''Hello, Brother.'' She said in a low voice.

Zuko stepped inside the room and in front of the bars that separated him from Azula.

''Are you feeling any better? The nurses said you were eating properly again.'' He asked, cutting straight to the chase of asking about her wellbeing.

Azula hesitated before replying again.

She could probably tell Zuko about the insane amount of pain she was purging everyday she spent here in prison, but she knew it would be a sentiment not even Zuko could begin to understand.

Maybe her brother had endured his own encounter with the dark throughout his journey, but Azula was delving into even deeper and scarier grounds.

If she said anything about this, it would alarm him even further. And she didn't need more psychiatric nurses trying to take care of her.

''I'm fine, Zuzu.'' She simply replied knowing there wasn't much he could do to ease her process.

''Good. I will now authorise for you to get a daily walk around the prison's yard. Getting some fresh air will be helpful to you. Also, your monthly visit time will be extended to thirty minutes.'' He said, consciously knowing that Ty Lee was the only one visiting her at the moment.

Azula nodded understandingly before Zuko turned on his heels to exit the prison cell.

''Zuko?'' Azula said, making her brother turn around right before he left through the door.

''What is it?'' He asked dryly.

''May... I ask for a favor?'' The Princess replied.

Zuko turned around and listened to his sister attentively.

''Could you please send me some books from the royal library?'' She requested.

''It gets awfully boring in here, and I'd like to make use of my time by learning something.''